Formulations
Atorvastatin calcium tablets are marketed by Pfizer under the trade name Lipitor for oral administration. Tablets are white, elliptical, and film-coated. Pfizer also packages the drug in combination with other drugs, such as with Caduet. Pfizer recommends that patients do not break tablets in half to take half-doses, even when this is recommended by their doctors. In some countries, atorvastatin calcium is made in tablet form by generic drug makers under various brand names including Stator, Atoris, Atorlip,Mactor, Lipvas, Sortis, Torvast, Torvacard, Totalip, and Tulip.
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